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Tulisa Contostavlos has spoken of her drug use as a young teenager and how she gave up smoking cannabis after being told she would react badly to it by a psychic.

Tulisa performing with N-Dubz this weekend at T In The Park

The X Factor judge and N-Dubz star has often spoken of her use of marijuana as a teenager, but as she performed at T In The Park in Kinross, Scotland yesterday, she revealed the reason why she left the drug behind at 14.

‘When I was about 14 I snuck into a fairground and saw a fortune teller who told me never to touch drugs because I’m the type of person who will always have a very bad reaction to them,’ the singer told the Sunday Mirror.

She continued: ‘I stopped and I’ve never touched anything else since and never will. I’m now terrified that when I am out in clubs someone will spike my drink and I’ll end up having a heart attack.’

Tulisa even suffered from heart palpitations and panic attacks while she smoked cannabis, despite only being an occasional user.

She warned: ‘Drugs affect everyone in different ways. You never know how drugs will affect you.

‘I used to get very paranoid because I smoked lots of weed when I was younger. I was at a festival with one of my friends who was smoking a spliff.

‘We were watching a band when she ended up convulsing standing up because she’d also been drinking alcohol. I was terrified and had to call an ambulance for her.’